Today’s iTunes purchases

Here are today’s iTunes purchases: last three episodes of the Black Donnellys (how I love this show–those Bahston accents just make me moist), Honky’s album Balls Out Inn (finally, after dropping hints for two months to everyone), Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) by Mika (stumbled on this, and you know why I love it), Amerimacka by Thievery Corporation, We Are Broken by (Franklin’s own!!) Paramore, Porcelain by The Pretenders (aaah, Chrissy, who showed me chicks could rock as hard as the guys), Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang (skating rink, anyone remember?), I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince (tired of looking for the damn CD–which is somewhere in this pile of rubble), Le Freak by Chic (skating rink again, and I do love Chic), She’s Gone by Daryl Hall and John Oates (blue-eyed soul, and I was on a 70s kick), Earache My Eye by Cheech and Chong (I remember listening to it on vinyl with my cousins Mark and Philip–much love to them), Clap For the Wolfman by The Guess Who (what can I say–I stayed up to watch the Midnight Special faithfully–since I was much too young to be actually out at midnight), Gator Country by Molly Hatchet (you know I’ve seen them, at Municipal–hey Kim!!), Keep on Smilin; by Wet Willie (on a Southern rock tip for a minute, and still doing the 70s thing), Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford (one of the first tunes I remember from getting my first am/fm headset radio at age 6–is it any surprise I love my iPod sooooo much!!!), Baudelaire by And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (not from the 70s!! Trying to catch up on some stuff).

Now I just need to work on my playlists!

Add comment July 1st, 2007

Blogzilla

Well, I gathered my courage and submitted my application to b5 to be a professional music blogger (”This is no dress rehearsal. We are professionals and this is the big time” Waylon Jennings). Congrats to Shooter Jennings and longtime girlfriend Drea de Matteo, even though the folks at the maternity store on Madison Ave apparently leaked the info without their approval. Drea’s rep confirmed, but I think everybody should let them enjoy this time privately. And Happy Birthday to Shooter!! WooHoo, that man do rock! Anyway, back to the subject at hand, I submitted my application, so we’ll see what happens. I talked to my buddy FeloniusMonk, and am planning on checking out the Cosmic America show Saturday night at Springwater with him and Scootch. He and I are going to get together tomorrow, as he has a pile of photos for several bands that he needs to have emailed out, so I am going to work with him on that.
Honky is playing in ATL this weekend also, Friday 5/23 at Star Bar. They are an incredible balls-to-the-wall rockin’ band from TX–check out . I LOVE these guys!!! Want to try to head down for the show, this $3.15 gas is killing me.
Also, not to be missed–tomorrow 5/23 at 12th & Porter, Danny Flowers CD release party/DVD shoot for his latest release, Tools for the Soul, a gospel/blues mesh that moves the body and the soul. For some background on this incredible writer and artist, check out . Everybody says, he wrote “Tulsa Time”, which he did, but he has also written songs covered by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith and others, and has played with greats such as Vince Gill, Marshall Chapman, and Dobie Gray, among others. He is an amazing writer and musician, and the album includes appearances from Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris . No telling who might be up on stage tomorrow night….. Several years ago, when I worked for Sprint PCS, he was one of my regular customers, and was a helluva nice guy, always sweet, polite, and laid back. Believe me, that says a lot in my book!
So I guess the plan for tomorrow evening will be to get some work done with Leaper, and then head over to 12th & Porter.

1 comment May 23rd, 2007

North Mississippi Allstars gig tonight!!

One of my ab-so-lute favorite bands, the North Mississippi Allstars, are playing tonight at Cookin’ on the Quarter in Chattanooga, TN. They play at 9:45, but there are five other great acts preceding them, including singer/songwriter Trent Tomlinson, whose single “One Wing in the Fire”, which he co-wrote with Bobby Pinson, got a lot of CMT video play and got good radio play(I really dig this guy–he’s a great writer and also rocks it), The Tennessee Rounders, and the Blueground Undergrass, among others. Tickets are only ten bucks at the gate–and this is a LOT of GREAT music for the money (this is a bargain, people!), as the Allstars alone are well worth way more than ten bucks.
These guys are great on cd, but a truly a band to see live! The first time I saw them live was opening for John Hiatt at the Ryman, and they BLEW ME AWAY! A John Hiatt show is always a great gig, and seeing him at the Ryman is extra-special, but these boys sealed the deal for a truly unforgettable night! Smoking, sultry, funky, ferocious blues that has to be seen and heard to be believed!! Do yourselves a favor, and get out of the house this weekend and check these guys out!! The weather is great, it’s nice and cool with no humidity (although they will be turning up the heat down Chatt-town)! You can check out this website for details,www.cookinonthequarter.com.
They’ll also be at Bonnaroo in June!! Check out their website at www.nmallstars.com.
See ya at the show, Rockzan!

Add comment May 19th, 2007

The Crowes are hitting the road :)

Happy day, happy day!! Although the Black Crowes new studio release has been pushed back from this year to early 2008, they have fired up the tour bus, pun definately intended. Although Chris and Rich did a couple of Brothers of a Feather dates in Atlanta in early April, which I sadly had to miss, but for a VERY GOOD REASON (trip to Texas to see Bess and the godbabies), the band currently has 24 dates listed on their website, starting with a June 15th date in Jackson, MS at Jubilee Jam. For a mere 20 bucks, you can pick up single day advance tickets, or for $35 you can get a two day advance pass. Friday’s lineup also inlcludes Galactic, Black Stone Cherry, Owen Beverly, and Alvin Youngblood Hart among others. Ludacris is the Saturday headliner, and the Saturday lineup includes Breaking Benjamin, Puddle of Mudd, Hawthorne Heights, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Corey Smith, along with many more. Sounds like a ton of fun for a little cash. Since the Crowes are playing on Friday night–I am planning on heading down to Mississippi for the show, and sticking around to check out some of the other bands whose CDs I have, but haven’t seen live. For more info, you can check out the website at www.jubileejam.com.
It’s looking like the next Crowes show I will (hopefully) be able to catch will be July 6th in Chicago at Taste of Chicago festival (FREE!!!) Looks like we’ll be staying for the weekend, as one of my other favorites–Los Lonely Boys–is closing out the festival on the 8th. John Mayer is headlining on July 4th, and Sara Evans and Craig Morgan–two great country artists–are playing on Sunday, July 1st. Also not to be missed, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, who kick things off on Friday, June 29th with their old-school, too cool brand of funk, soul, and r&b melted together and swirled around.
Since I’ll be out on the west coast for a while, it looks like the next chance I’ll have to get tall with the guys will be in August–but close to home, and close to the heart in Knoxville, TN!!! And we all know that August is FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!! They’re playing an August 22nd gig in K-town at the Tennessee Theatre. Then, I’ll be off to Atlanta for the weekend to see them play on their home turf, at Atlanta’s own Chastain Park. And with any luck, we’ll get a fall show right here at home at the Ryman!!
Stay tall, y’all!

Add comment May 19th, 2007

Freak-N-Roll!!! Black Crowes, June 27th, 2006

Hey everyone, I have some posting to catch up on, but definately wanted to say that the Crowes rocked, as always!  Thanks to my fine friends Danielle and Cynthia for joining Scootch and myself for the show!  A tall time was had by all! 

Scootch got me excellent tix for my birthday–14th row–and then I somehow lucked into 2nd row seats (the best I’ve ever had), so Danielle and Cynthia benefitted from the good ticket karma fairy as well.  I did get the Instant Live double CD set, which is a pretty sweet deal.  You pay $25 for a voucher, and then ten (more like 15, but who really cared at that point) minutes after the show, you take the voucher to a booth, and pick up your double live CD of the show, so you can keep on groovin’ after the show is over. 

I will post the set list.  It was a great show, but not my personal favorite set list, but I can definately understand it’s hard to keep it fresh night after night.  And I’ve seen these guys many, many times over the years.  I still think the first CD is a perfect disc, along with G-n-R’s Appetite for Destruction, and more, which I will list as I think of them.  Scootch and I saw them twice last year, once opening for Tom Petty at Starwood in July or so, and then in October at the Ryman, and that was one of the best shows ever for me. 

Rich was definately on, his guitar playing was inspired–at one point I would have sworn he was channeling Duane Allman—his slide work was breathtaking.  Our seats were right between Rich and Chris, so you know the view was stellar.  The whole band was really tight, and the jams were super groovi-licious!  Rich also sang a couple of tunes, and I dug that as well.  And Chris was in fine form vocally, he do have a set of pipes. 

All in all, a great lead in to the birthday, what better way to welcome 40!  Lordy, lordy, Suzzann’s 40, and still rockin’.  Some things never change…

1 comment July 10th, 2006